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Countries

Countries

European Union, Poland
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Poland
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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Interesting Facts

  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3237
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2346
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

cześć
Mhoro

Thank You

dziękuję
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Jak się masz?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

dobranoc
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

dobry wieczór
Manheru

Good Afternoon

dzień dobry
Masikati

Good Morning

Dzień dobry
Mangwanani

Please

proszę
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Przepraszam
Ndineurombo

Bye

do widzenia
bye

I Love You

kocham Cię
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

przepraszam
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashubian
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Poland
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

108,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Masovian
Karanga

Where They Speak

Poland
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

45,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Silesian
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Czech Republic, Poland
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

510,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

344
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.61 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Polski
chiShona

Alternative Names

Polnisch, Polski
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

polonais
shona

German Name

Polnisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈpɔlski]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Poles
Shona people

History

Origin

1270
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Western
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Polish and Middle Polish
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Polish
Standard Shona

Language Position

24107
1 120
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Signed Forms

System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pl
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pol
sna

ISO 639 2/B

pol
sna

ISO 639 3

pol
sna

ISO 639 6

pols
sna

Glottocode

poli1260
core1255

Linguasphere

53-AAA-cc
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Polish and Shona Alphabets

Polish and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Polish and Shona. In Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Polish and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Polish and Shona languages. The Polish phonology consist Polish vowels and Polish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Polish greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Polish and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Polish and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Polish and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Polish and Shona Speaking population

Polish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Polish and Shona on Polish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Shona Language Codes

Polish and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.